Difference between Batch and Serial Numbers

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Hi,

Can anybody explain the difference between Serial numbers and Batches. Which business process use these and their advantages.

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Goutham

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> Hi,
> 
> Can anybody explain the difference between Serial numbers and Batches. Which business process use these and their advantages.
> 
> Rewards for the right answers.
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> Regards
> Goutham

HI Goutham,

Serial Number: is nothing but normal numbering to uniquely identify every single piece of product.

Say in mobile industry every mobile has unique IMSI number that can be thought of as its serial number.

Given a serial number you can pin point the particular piece of product.

Batch Number:

Is Nothing but combining the products produced under certain conditions in a batch.

For Example in Oil industry if we talk about 2T oil etc the viscosity, Density etc are quite important.

Now due to slight variations in production the Viscosity Density would not be exactly same for 2 different lots.

So we maintain Batch where we put classification Criteria in Classification view in Material Master.

If the criteria are for example Viscosity and density

Batch1 could be Viscosity=100 density=10

Batch2 Could be Viscosity=110.5 Density=9.71

So while selling by knowing Batch number we can tell the customer about the properties.

Also you would have heard about recall of all the vehicles of Batch so and so from toyota.

Recently Nokia called off all the Batteries BL-5C batteries of a batch.

The reason is they were all manufactured at one time and hence since one of them had that error all would have had the same. So the whole batch can be recalled.

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